The defense did not surrender an offensive touchdown and only allowed 185 total yards to the lowly Jets, who fell to 3-6 on the year.

It was a heavy dose of Marshawn Lynch, along with some trickery, that carried the Hawks to their sixth win of the season. However, Seattle’s stout defense was the biggest story of the day, as it restricted Sanchez to only 124 passing yards while forcing three New York turnovers.

Seattle dominated time of possession and got contributions from numerous playmakers en route to its sixth win of the year.

Winner: Richard Sherman and the Seattle Secondary

He forced two turnovers, one of which came when the Jets were in the red zone looking to take the lead. Instead, Sherman intercepted a pass intended for Dustin Keller.

On his second takeaway of the day, Sherman came off the edge and stripped Sanchez during the fourth quarter. Sherman was seemingly all over the field on Sunday, and his big plays helped the Seahawks come up with the victory.

However, it was more than just Sherman’s effort when it came to the Seattle secondary.

Constantly throughout the contest, Sanchez was having a hard time finding his wide receivers because the Seattle corners were harassing them. Brandon Browner had his side of the field on lockdown, and Sanchez basically had nowhere to go.

This resulted in the New York receivers combining for only six catches, with Jeremy Kerley accounting for five of those.

With Sanchez facing a physical defensive line, the Jets were desperate for separation in the secondary, but the legion of boom simply would not allow it.

Loser: Seattle's 1st-Half Offense

Although they went into the half up 14-7, Seattle’s first-half offense simply looked sloppy.

Two fumbles by Russell Wilson and a Lynch fumble resulted in only one Jets score. Seemingly, it could have been a lot worse, but that must be cleaned up moving forward.

The Seahawks had a hard time creating space for Lynch during the first half of play, and it wasn’t until the second half that the offense really seemed to open up creases for Lynch to scamper through.

Obviously, the second half was much different than the first, but Sanchez’s and Wilson’s statistics were eerily similar after the first half of play.

Luckily, the Seahawks had their defense to rely on during the first half because the offense was simply not moving the ball. The wide receivers were not making plays down the field, and Wilson was holding on to the ball too long in the pocket during the first half.

That all changed after intermission, but perhaps the game would have been different had Seattle been playing a more formidable opponent.

Winner: Golden Tate and Seattle's Wide Receivers

They didn’t put up gaudy numbers by any means, but Tate and the rest of the receivers did enough to garner some serious recognition.

Sidney Rice came up with two touchdown passes and Tate had one, as Wilson was shuffling throughout the pocket and looking down field for his big targets.

Forget the fact that Tate only finished with two catches for 51 yards because he finished with a better quarterback rating than both Mark Sanchez and Tim Tebow combined.

Granted, he only made one throw, but that looked better than anything I saw from either of the Jets quarterbacks anyways.

On a first-down play, Tate took a reverse and threw a deep pass to the end zone, where Rice was wide open. Tate showed he’s more than just an acrobat after the catch, as he finished the day with 23 yards passing and a touchdown for a 158.3 passer rating.

Seattle got contributions from Zach Miller and Doug Baldwin as well, as Miller came up with some huge third-down plays to move the chains.

Obviously, the offense went through Marshawn Lynch for most of the second half, but the receivers were pivotal to the Seahawks’ victory.